Melissa George will lead the cast of BBC spy thriller

Former Australian soap star Melissa George will take the lead role in Nemesis, an upcoming suspense thriller produced by the BBC set in the world of international espionage.

Deadline reports that Melissa will play a super-agent for an elite intelligence firm who survives an assassination attempt. After she returns to work, the agent starts secretly investigating who wants her dead, knowing it could be one of her colleagues.

Nemesis, which will be filmed in Europe and North Africa, was created by Frank Spotnitz, who was an executive producer on The X-Files.

The last spy thriller Melissa starred in was Alias — and let's be honest, her role in that show kind of stunk, so hopefully she'll do better in Nemesis.

She'll next show up in The Slap, the TV adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas's acclaimed novel, which premieres on ABC1 on October 6.